{"id":4501,"date":"2022-07-05T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/?p=4501"},"modified":"2022-07-06T05:51:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T12:51:18","slug":"no-i-dont-want-to-live-in-fictional-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2022\/07\/05\/no-i-dont-want-to-live-in-fictional-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"No, I don&#8217;t want to live in a fictional world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m so excited to be co-hosting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com\/p\/iwsg-sign-up.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IWSG monthly blog hop<\/a>, along with my wonderful co-hosts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jlennidorner.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J Lenni Dorner<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pjcolando.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PJ Colando,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jennienzor.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jenni Enzor,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dianeburton.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diane Burton!<\/a> Please stop by their blogs and show them some comment love. Also, this is my 30th IWSG post. How the heck did that happen? (If you&#8217;re really bored, you can go <a href=\"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/category\/iwsg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> to read the first 29). In this month&#8217;s post, I&#8217;ll answer the optional question, <strong>If you could live in any book world, which one would you choose?<\/strong> But first, a couple of things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I have a newsletter!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After spending several quality hours with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mailerlite.com\/a\/zfmn9obuyenq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MailerLite<\/a>, I have a newsletter! If you&#8217;d like to see my <s>nonsense<\/s> witty commentary in your inbox, type your email in the signup box at the top of the righthand sidebar. I&#8217;d love to have you join me on my writing adventures, and I&#8217;ll even bribe you with a free story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This blog&#8217;s setting and dramatis personae<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-hosting often brings a lot of new visitors to the blog, so the first time I co-hosted, I started my post with a quick introduction to this blog and the wackiness it contains. If you&#8217;re new here and would like to <s>be forewarned<\/s> better understand the insane world you&#8217;ve just entered, <a href=\"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2022\/03\/01\/im-co-hosting-the-iwsg-blog-hop-iwsg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">give it a read<\/a>. This time I&#8217;ll kick off my co-host post with a few recurring characters and concepts that show up around here. To wit: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Camp WTF: My home, my world, my life. The name pretty much covers it. I gave up a long time ago on the idea that life should make sense. Now I roll with whatever comes my way, usually by wandering around my house looking bewildered and muttering, &#8220;WTF.&#8221;<\/li><li>Long-Suffering Husband: This poor man has put up with me for 36 years. He deserves a medal&#8211;or some good meds. You can see him in his happy place in <a href=\"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2022\/05\/27\/uranium-springs-postapocalyptic-town-and-pre-enactment-site-plus-the-usual-news-and-memes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this post<\/a>. <\/li><li>My muse (the drunken floozy): She may or may not show up for my morning writing sessions (lately not). When she does decide to make an appearance, she staggers in with a half-empty bottle of tequila in one hand, a cigarette in the other, and patches of puke in her straggly hair. Instead of being helpful, she flops on my office floor, takes a few pulls from the bottle, and demands to know why I can&#8217;t think of any good ideas on my own. <a href=\"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2019\/12\/18\/lessons-from-nanowrimo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">She first showed up on the blog<\/a> a couple of years ago.<\/li><li>The Demon of Suckitude: Unlike my muse, he shows up regularly, perching on my shoulder, sinking his claws into my trapezius, and whispering adverbs in my ear. Until this post, he&#8217;s only appeared on this blog <a href=\"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2019\/11\/06\/nanoinspo-write-badly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">once<\/a>. <\/li><li>Editor-Stripe: My inner editor, who has the appearance and temperament of Stripe from <em>Gremlins<\/em>. He&#8217;s also only appeared on this blog <a href=\"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2019\/11\/06\/nanoinspo-write-badly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">once<\/a>, co-starring with the Demon of Suckitude. He likes to show up when I&#8217;m drafting and whittle away my soul with nitpicking.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Living in fictional worlds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now let&#8217;s get to this month&#8217;s optional question: <strong>If you could live in any book world, which one would you choose? <\/strong>I&#8217;m gonna go with one of those fun travel memoirs where the author visits beautiful places I can&#8217;t afford, eats a lot of amazing food without ever gaining a pound, and somehow also finds time to figure out her purpose in life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, wait, you meant a fictional world. I&#8217;ve tried imagining myself in my favorite fictional worlds, but my cold-eyed realism always spoils the fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Harry Potter (or any other world with magic): Read the news. See what humans do to each other? Do you seriously want to give us supernatural powers?<\/li><li>Hunger Games: I&#8217;d have an arrow through my gut before I ever stepped off the plate. And don&#8217;t get me started on an authoritarian society that dominates and exploits those it considers disposable. I try to stay away from politics on here. <\/li><li>Outlander: As much as I like looking at men in kilts, I have zero interest in visiting a time in which there&#8217;s no electricity, no internet, no modern medicine, and no rights for women. Also: time travel is way cool (I&#8217;ve even written a couple of time travel stories), but if it were to ever actually exist, we humans would have so many new ways to screw up our own and other people&#8217;s lives. I posted about <a href=\"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/08\/15\/socs-the-pros-and-cons-of-time-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the pros and cons of time travel<\/a> back in 2020. I stand by every word.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonus&#8211;not primarily book worlds (though there are books in both):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Star Wars: I&#8217;ll admit, I&#8217;m tempted. Light sabers! Faster-than-light travel! (when the !@#$% hyperdrive works) Handsome, roguish space smugglers! But again, do we really want to give humans more power than we already have? That definitely didn&#8217;t work out so well for the Alderaanians (Alderaaanites? Alderaaanlings? Whatever. They&#8217;re dead, because Lucas thought it would be a good idea to give humans a planet-killing death ray.)<\/li><li>Star Trek (mostly TOS and TNG , because I mostly quit paying attention after those): I&#8217;m even more tempted, because the Star Trek universe is a lot less Wild West than Star Wars, and the Federation is downright civilized. And getting to hang out in space with Leonard Nimoy and George Takai&#8230; OK, sign me up&#8211;as long as you don&#8217;t make me wear one of those TOS miniskirt things. Sorry, Shatner, I&#8217;m too old for that nonsense, and so are you.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Seriously, the only fictional world I want to live in is the one where I get enough sleep every night, I can retire early, and my muse (the drunken floozy) shows up every morning to do her damn job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bonus: Writing Memes!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">English is weird<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-03-15-21.45.24.jpg?resize=593%2C346&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4961\" width=\"593\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-03-15-21.45.24.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-03-15-21.45.24.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-30-07.25.56.jpg?resize=387%2C391&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4960\" width=\"387\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-30-07.25.56.jpg?w=544&amp;ssl=1 544w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-30-07.25.56.jpg?resize=297%2C300&amp;ssl=1 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Punctuation is important<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-05-23-06.34.27.jpg?resize=318%2C278&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-05-23-06.34.27.jpg?w=318&amp;ssl=1 318w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-05-23-06.34.27.jpg?resize=300%2C262&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-04-05-12.01.15.jpg?resize=480%2C405&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-04-05-12.01.15.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-04-05-12.01.15.jpg?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-05-12-15.59.43.jpg?resize=280%2C324&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-05-12-15.59.43.jpg?w=280&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-05-12-15.59.43.jpg?resize=259%2C300&amp;ssl=1 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characteristics of writers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-05-31-21.41.09.jpg?resize=530%2C549&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4964\" width=\"530\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-05-31-21.41.09.jpg?w=714&amp;ssl=1 714w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-05-31-21.41.09.jpg?resize=290%2C300&amp;ssl=1 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#8217;s why I don&#8217;t write in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-07-20.51.40.jpg?resize=564%2C552&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4966\" width=\"564\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-07-20.51.40.jpg?w=828&amp;ssl=1 828w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-07-20.51.40.jpg?resize=300%2C294&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-07-20.51.40.jpg?resize=768%2C752&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I do, in fact, have exactly 3 of these characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of notebooks: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-07-20.51.58.jpg?resize=548%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4971\" width=\"548\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-07-20.51.58.jpg?w=828&amp;ssl=1 828w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-07-20.51.58.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-07-20.51.58.jpg?resize=768%2C560&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The writing life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-04-07-10.18.27.jpg?resize=395%2C438&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4968\" width=\"395\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-04-07-10.18.27.jpg?w=564&amp;ssl=1 564w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-04-07-10.18.27.jpg?resize=271%2C300&amp;ssl=1 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And I&#8217;d have gotten away with it too, if it hadn&#8217;t been for&#8230; me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-03-23-20.24.34.jpg?resize=481%2C455&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4969\" width=\"481\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-03-23-20.24.34.jpg?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-03-23-20.24.34.jpg?resize=300%2C284&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And my second drafts and sometimes my third drafts and parts of my eighth drafts and&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-16-08.26.40.jpg?resize=426%2C393&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-16-08.26.40.jpg?w=426&amp;ssl=1 426w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-16-08.26.40.jpg?resize=300%2C277&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-27-16.19.31.jpg?resize=552%2C552&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4975\" width=\"552\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-27-16.19.31.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-27-16.19.31.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-27-16.19.31.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-05-10-05.47.26.jpg?resize=531%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-05-10-05.47.26.jpg?w=531&amp;ssl=1 531w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-05-10-05.47.26.jpg?resize=300%2C271&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-07-03-20.36.55.jpg?resize=589%2C771&#038;ssl=1\" 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Happy IWSG Day! Which fictional world would you like to live in?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m so excited to be co-hosting the IWSG monthly blog hop, along with my wonderful co-hosts,\u00a0J Lenni Dorner,\u00a0PJ Colando,\u00a0Jenni Enzor,\u00a0and\u00a0Diane Burton! Please stop by their blogs and show them some comment love. Also, this is my 30th IWSG post. How the heck did that happen? (If you&#8217;re really bored, you can go here to read the first 29). In this month&#8217;s post, I&#8217;ll answer the optional question, If you could live in any book world, which one would you choose? But first, a couple of things. I have a newsletter! After spending several quality hours with MailerLite, I have a newsletter! If you&#8217;d like to see my nonsense witty commentary in your inbox, type your email in the signup box at the top of the righthand sidebar. 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